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The original was posted on /r/homelab by /u/raging_pineappple on 2024-01-24 13:12:34+00:00.

I have a simple server which hosts plex, my storage using Samba, and my printer.

I used Ubuntu as my host operating system because it is the most stable with my laptop’s hardware, I installed all the above services and also xRDP because VNC is slow.

I experienced this with my earlier built too which was based on Linux Mint. When I log in, when I mount drives using the file explorer or launch some apps such as steam, I have to enter my password multiple times, not once but a few times.

For example, I log into my system, it asks password for the “colour profile”, and for some file path. Or when I go into the file explorer and click on the hard drives which are unmounted, it asks for my password and it does not mount them by default when I reboot the computer.

I have a few thoughts on this, either something is wrong with the user credentials file as if I log in from the main computer and not over the network, it works fine, it does not ask for a thousand passwords, it mounts the hard drives automatically and launches steam normally.

Although I don’t know how to fix this or if what I deduced is even the issue.

I would be greatful for help.

PS- For those wondering why I did not use something like Proxmox(I did try it), that is because I needed something simple and something that allows me to maintain the GUI on my laptop, in case I need to unplug it and take it away with me. Also Proxmox had an issue with my ethernet driver.